Sifuna Edwin Watenya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 211 to 220 of 1870.

• 19 Feb 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Sen. Eddie. I think I meant the position of the State or the Republic of Kenya as enunciated by the Head of State, Hon. (Dr.) William Samoei Ruto. When countries deal with you, the position is articulated by the head of state. If you tell the people of Djibouti to tell you what the position of Kenya is on an issue, they will most likely go with the position enunciated by the head of state. Madam Temporary Speaker, I was on the question of the presence of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from Sudan in Nairobi. The newspaper ... view
• 19 Feb 2025 in Senate: and regional problems used to be resolved but it is no longer the case. We appear to be meddling with internal affairs of other countries and especially our neighbours and that is hurting our image. After that vote was taken, I have seen many submissions where people are saying that there are Kenyans who are not patriotic. I want to remind Kenyans that we are a very divisive society. We have to accept that. In fact, as a political leader in this country, we have held the position that you must allow people to criticise or insult you. Madam Temporary ... view
• 19 Feb 2025 in Senate: There are people who want to use this so-called celebration in Nyeri. When I watched that clip, there were two mama mbogas at a market in Karatina. When people speak about it, you can think it was the entire region of Mt. Kenya. The most annoying and saddest thing were attempts by leaders, some in very senior positions in Parliament, trying to extrapolate and make it look like it is the people of the mountain celebrating Raila’s loss. These are the issues that bring division in our country. As the Secretary-General (SG) of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), I am ... view
• 19 Feb 2025 in Senate: to Raila Odinga for you to run around claiming that you are looking for a position to accommodate him. As I said, he is not idle. I want to conclude by saying that we are extremely proud of Raila Amolo Odinga. Some of us chose not to be emotionally invested in this particular campaign because we have been through painful moments. I was elected for the first time as the Senator for Nairobi City County in 2022. I never got an opportunity to celebrate that win because my party leader had lost the most important position that we wanted to ... view
• 19 Feb 2025 in Senate: Raila Odinga has a very famous office at Capitol Hill in Nairobi. If you go into that office, there is a quotation from Martin Luther King Jnr. that hangs on his wall and it goes like this - “You may be 38 years old, as I happen to be, and one day some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause, and you refuse to do it because you are afraid. You refuse to do it because you want to live longer. You are afraid that you ... view
• 19 Feb 2025 in Senate: I thank you. view
• 18 Feb 2025 in Senate: Asante sana, Mstahiki Naibu Spika. Wakati kama huu sio wakati wa mzaha kwa sababu ni lazima tuwape wale ndugu zetu ambao wametuaga heshima yao. Ninataka niichukue fursa hii, kwa niaba yangu, haswa mimi kama kiongozi anayetoka kwa jamii ya Mulembe, na kwa niaba ya wakaazi wote wa Nairobi, pamoja na familia yangu, nitoe rambi rambi zangu kwa mwenda zake, Mhe. Malulu Injendi, Mbunge wa Malava. Ningependa habari hizo ziwafikie ndugu zangu wote katika Bunge la Kitaifa ambao walikuwa wanafanya kazi kwa karibu na Mhe. Malulu Injendi. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified ... view
• 18 Feb 2025 in Senate: Kwa muda mchache ambao mimi nilipata kujumuika naye, ninatoa ushuhuda ya kwamba alikuwa ni mtu mpole sana na hakuwa na shida na watu. Jambo hili ambalo limefanyika ni la kuvunja moyo sana lakini tunaomba kwamba yeye atapata kupumzika mahali pema na kwamba familia yake itapata kufarijika. Mimi nikiwa Katibu Mkuu wa Chama cha ODM, ninajua ya kwamba wakati mwingine tunapojiingiza katika siasa pale chini, huwa zinakuwa zimechacha kweli. Uchaguzi wa mwaka 2022 ulikuwa na dhoruba nzito sana ya wana-Azimio katika Kaunti ya Kakamega. Kati ya maeneo Bunge kumi na mbili katika Kakamega, Azimio waliweza kuzoa jumla ya viti kumi. Ni ... view
• 18 Feb 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. As you know, this is my first term of Parliament. I have only had two-and-a-half years to interact with the late Sen. Cheptumo. As the Senate Majority Leader confirmed, yesterday when we went to the residence and we met his wife Anne, daughter Cheptoo and son Andrew, both very brilliant children. There was a request by the young Cheptoo that we share anecdotes about our experience with their father in this House. I remember when I received this news, I put out a tweet saying that I remember Sen. Cheptumo as one of the ... view
• 18 Feb 2025 in Senate: by that. I explained to him that sometimes, especially in the early days of this House, in the Swahili slang we say, mambo yalichemka. I do remember that there were very heated exchanges here because we had various fights, but hon. Cheptumo was always the cool head. The Senate Majority Leader can attest as well that he had the capacity to reach across the aisle and speak to us; those of us who were not elected on his political party. My experience with him is that he was a consummate man; a gentle soul and a very cool head. He ... view